The Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh generated more revenue from table games than any other casino in the state last month. But the achievement comes with an asterisk.

Numbers released this morning by the state Gaming Control Board showed that the Rivers Casino produced $3 million in gross revenue from test days and in the 24 days after table games were officially launched on July 8. That's more than $700,000 higher than the second-place finisher, the Parx Casino in Philadelphia, which typically posts the highest revenue totals from slot machines each month.

The asterisk comes into play in the sense that the Rivers Casino and two others in Western Pennsylvania, The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington County and Presque Isle Downs and Casino in Erie, started offering table games earlier than the other six casinos in the state. For example, Parx Casino did not launch table games until July 18, 10 days after those on the western side of the state.

Still, the Rivers Casino produced more than $1 million more in gross revenue than The Meadows, which earned $1.9 million for the month, and about $1.5 million more than Presque Isle, which generated $1.5 million.

Overall, table games in July generated $17.5 million in gross revenue for the casinos, $2.45 million in tax revenue for the state, and $350,787 in tax revenue for local governments. Table games are taxed at 16 percent of gross revenue, with 14 percent going to the state and 2 percent to the local jurisdictions hosting the casinos.

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